Scheduled MonumentsEnglandInner Temple Hall Buttery

Inner Temple Hall Buttery

England
List entry 1002066
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002066
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
TQ3123581014
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Inner Temple Hall Buttery is a sixteenth-century service building forming part of the Inner Temple precinct in London. The structure dates from approximately 1570 and served the practical function of storing and dispensing provisions for the Inn of Court. It represents an important example of Tudor institutional architecture, reflecting the spatial organisation required to support the substantial resident and visiting population of the Inner Temple during the early modern period. The building survives as evidence of the domestic infrastructure necessary to maintain one of England's premier legal societies.

Inner Temple Hall Buttery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002066. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Inner Temple Hall Buttery?

Inner Temple Hall Buttery is a sixteenth-century service building forming part of the Inner Temple precinct in London. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002066.

Who is responsible for protecting Inner Temple Hall Buttery?

Inner Temple Hall Buttery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002066.

What other scheduled monuments are near Inner Temple Hall Buttery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Globe Theatre (1.3 km), Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront (1.5 km), Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street (1.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Inner Temple Hall Buttery

Inner Temple Hall Buttery stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.